Guru Minda is the divine hero of Lutung Kasarung, the most sacred of the Sundanese sung narratives (carita pantun), edited and translated by F.S. Eringa in his 1949 Leiden dissertation and recorded again from living bards in Ajip Rosidi's pantun project of the early 1970s. Eldest and dearest of the sons of Sunan Ambu in the kahyangan, he dreamt of a maiden as beautiful as his own mother; to seek her likeness on earth without impropriety he was sent down in the body of a black lutung monkey. Caught by a royal hunter of Pasir Batang, the seemingly worthless 'stray lutung' was given to the exiled princess Purbasari, whom he served and healed, working marvels for her until her wicked eldest sister's final challenge forced him to reveal himself as a radiant prince. The tale, performed at harvest and other ritual occasions, weds the celestial world of Sunan Ambu to the earthly order of the swidden fields, and interpreters such as Jakob Sumardjo read it as a charter myth of Sundanese dry-rice agriculture.